Free Codec For Mac

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  • Windows Media Codec Pack is the freeware codec pack for all version of Windows. It allows for 99% video play and supports all popular audio and video formats, including DVDs, Xvid, MP4, Real.Runs on: Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 4Media DVD Creator for Mac v.7.0.2.1214 4Media DVD Creator for Mac can easily and speedily convert.
  • Download Apple ProApps QuickTime Codecs for Mac to add a pack of codecs to your Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, or Compressor 4.
  • LAME MP3 Encoder for Mac OS is a free MP3 encoder which is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later. The main features of this encoder are: - being compiled as libmp3lame.dylib, - working with Audacity, including the Lame front-end and documentation, - being compiled with GCC 4.0.1, universal binary (Power PC and Intel).
  • The K-Lite Codec Pack is a free M4V codec pack that is simple to use, helping you play M4V files on Windows (Win 10 or earlier) smoothly with Windows Media Players or other M4V players. It is updated frequently. The latest version is 13.6.5 and 51.9MB in file size. The M4V codec pack can handle many other formats, like AVI, MKV, MOV and more so.

K-Lite Codec Pack is a free package of media player codecs. It can play almost all the movies which you download from the internet. Its supported formats include AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, MTS, 3GP and more so that you can play virtually any video files with it.

Download Video Player to Play MP4 without Installing Codec

Why you still want a Plan B? Main reason, based on the feedbacks from users on the forum, is that some codec pack software contain adware, spyware, ransomware or even trojan virus to put your computer and internal file data into the edge of risk if you download from some informal websites. So comparatively, most users prefer an even safer way to play MP4 on Mac or Windows without codec incompatibility problem. The safer way you might need is to download MP4 video player to play MP4 video on MacBook/iMac or Windows.

And here we mainly focus on top two video player for both Windows and macOS: VLC player and 5KPlayer. Both of them are downloaded thousands of times each month on softonic. They have something in common and meanwhile differ from each other. Read the below table to see which one you like better.

VLC Player

Mxf Codec For Mac Free Download

1. Free play MP4 video on Windows and macOS with H264, MPEG-4, H265 and H263 codecs.

2. Support MPEG Audio, MP3, AAC, AC3, Vorbis, Flac, A52/AC-3, Opus, Speex, WAV and WMA2, 11 audio codecs in total.

3. Free convert MP4 to MKV, MP4 to AVI, FLV, WebM, etc.

4. One of VLC hidden features: free download YouTube MP4 via VLC.

5. Record non-downloadable MP4 screen video on you PC/Mac.

5KPlayer

1. Free play MP4 files on Mac and Windows with codecs like H264, H265, H263, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 ASP, MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 AVC, etc, no 3rd party app needed.

2. Up to 14+ audio codecs supported, for instance, MP3, AAC, AC3, iPhone Ringtone M4A, WMA, AIFF, WAV, Flac, OGG, DTS, etc.

3. Allow you to AirPlay MP4 video from iPhone iPad to MacBook, iMac, Mac Mini, etc. and stream MP4 file from Mac to Apple TV.

4. Free download MP4 video from YouTube, FB, Vimeo, etc. 1000+ sites.

Best Free Codec Pack For Mac

Download AVI Video Codec Pack for Windows

1. You can go to the sites of windows7codecs, windows8codecs or windowscodecpack to free download AVI codec pack for your Windows.

2. Go to download Rex's AVI Codec Pack, which covers common AVI codecs like XviD, DivX, ac3, mp4, 3gp, wmv, and mpeg4. You can freely choose what codecs to insall or just stay with the recommended option. BTW: the current version is compatible with Windows 7 or earlier OS, Windows 8/10 not supported yet.

Download AVI Video Codec Pack for macOS

Free Codec For Mac

1. It's known to all that Mac default video player QuickTime doesn't support AVI files, let alone AVI codec. To play AVI on Mac, you can download and install Perian codec pack for Mac, which is aimed to help you successfully play AVI files with the most common DivX and XviD codecs supported.

Avi Codec For Mac Osx

2. If you still received an error 'A Required Codec is not Available' on your QuickTime after installing Perian codec pack, the potential reason might be the AVI files with complex AVI codecs not only the common DivX, XviD but also MPEG, QPEG, etc. QT unsupported codecs. In such case, the better solution is to convert AVI to QuickTime MOV format. MacX Video Converter Pro might be the one you can count on. It gives you power to losslessly convert AVI to MOV, MP4, M4V, etc. with QT supported H264, MPEG-4 codecs, as well as MKV, AVCHD, FLV, WMV, M2TS, 3GP and more with H265, H263, DivX, XviD, etc. 320+ video and 50+ audio codecs supported. Thus, you can play any AVI file on macOS (or Windows) with nary a codec issue.